Karl Barth’s sermon from August 2, 1914, encourages his listeners to have confidence in God and God alone in the face of the coming war. The 19th century liberal idea of human progress had been proven to be a faulty foundation for hope. Instead, one’s hope must come via a relationship with God through Jesus Christ.
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Seated in the Heavenlies – Karl Barth’s July 26, 1914 Sermon
Karl Barth’s sermon from July 26, 1914 (just days after Austria-Hungary’s ultimatum to Serbia and just days before World War I finally erupted), is a reflection on the seeming incongruence of Ephesians 2:4-7 – and especially the idea that God has set us in the heavenly realm with Jesus – with the fearful turbulence of the times.
Review: A Unique Time of God: Karl Barth’s WWI Sermons
A Unique Time of God: Karl Barth’s WWI Sermons is a fascinating and highly readable collection of some of Barth’s earliest work that contains his later theology in embryonic form accompanied by a very fine introduction that sets these sermons in their proper historical, biographical, and theological contexts.
Bite-Sized Exegesis 